Texas

[Texas Ranger]

Subject: Fwd: Only in Texas


Only in Texas

A history/geography lesson for all Texans, used-to-be Texans, adopted Texans or wanna-be Texans:

Just Texas
Pep , Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise , Texas 76073
Rainbow , Texas 76077
Sweet Home , Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the sun?
Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side,  Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon , Texas 76301
Noodle , Texas 79536
Oatmeal , Texas 78605
Turkey , Texas 79261
Trout , Texas 75789
Sugar Land , Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice , Texas 75155
Pearland , Texas 77581
Orange , Texas 77630
And top it off with:
Sweetwater , Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities?  Texas has them all!
Detroit , Texas 75436
Cleveland , Texas 75436
Colorado City , Texas 79512
Denver City , Texas 79323
Klondike , Texas 75448
Pittsburg, Texas 75686
Newark, Texas 76071
Nevada , Texas 75173
Memphis , Texas 79245
Miami , Texas 79059
Boston , Texas 75570
Santa Fe , Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861
Reno , Texas 75462
Pasadena , Texas 77506
Columbus , Texas 78934
 
Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Dublin, Texas 76446
Egypt , Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Italy, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London , Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse ,  Texas   75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth ,  Texas   79031
 
We have a city named after our state:
Texas City, Texas   77590

Exhausted?
Energy,  Texas   76452
Cold?
Blanket, Texas   76432
Winters,  Texas 79567

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna ,  Texas 76878
Goliad ,  Texas 77963
Alamo ,  Texas 78516
Gun Barrel City ,  Texas 75156
Robert  Lee ,  Texas 76945

Need Office Supplies?
Staples,  Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus ,  Texas   76084
Mars ,  Texas   79062

You guessed it. It's on the state line.
Texline ,  Texas   79087

For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile......
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662

And our favorites...
Cut and Shoot, Texas 77303
Gun Barrell City , Texas 75147
Ding Dong, Texas
West, Texas (it's in Central Texas )
and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas 79347

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work
there, you may live in Texas ;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you may live in Texas ;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may
live in Texas ;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live
in Texas ;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both
unlocked, you may live in Texas ;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them,
you may live in Texas

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and
everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas
friends, you definitely live in Texas ..

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about  Texas .
1...  Beaumont to  El Paso : 742 miles

2...  Beaumont to  Chicago : 770 miles

3...  El Paso is closer to  California than to  Dallas

4... World's first rodeo was in  Pecos , July 4, 1883.
5... The Flagship Hotel in  Galveston is the only hotel in  North America
built over water. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike -2008!
6... The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first
full-time coach at  Rice   University in  Houston .
7...  Brazoria  County has more species of birds than any other area in  North
America
8... Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of  North America 's only
remaining flock of whooping cranes.
9... Jalapeno jelly originated in  Lake Jackson in 1978.
10... The worst natural disaster in  U.S. history was in 1900, caused by a
hurricane, in which over 8,000 lives were lost on  Galveston   Island .
11... The first word spoken from the moon, July 20,1969, was "  Houston," but
the space center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.
12... King Ranch in South Texas is larger than  Rhode Island ..
13... Tropical Storm Claudette brought a  U.S. rainfall record of 43' in 24
hours in and around  Alvin in July of 1979...
14...  Texas is the only state to enter the  U.S. by TREATY, (known as the
Constitution of 1845 by the  Republic of  Texas to enter the  Union )
instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same
height as the U.S. Flag, and may divide into 5 states.

15... A Live Oak tree near  Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
16...  Caddo   Lake is the only natural lake in the state.
17... Dr Pepper was invented in  Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr
Pepper..
18...  Texas has had six capital cities:
Washington -on- the Brazos,  Harrisburg ,  Galveston ,Velasco, West Columbia
and Austin ..
19... The Capitol Dome in  Austin is the only dome in the  U.S. which is
taller than the Capitol   Building in  Washington   DC (by 7 feet).
20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the
world and it is taller than the  Washington monument.
21. The name 'Texas' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning
friends. Tejas is not Spanish for  Texas .
22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo (an interesting bit of trivia about
the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which
splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.).
23. The first domed stadium in the  U.S. was the Astrodome in  Houston .
 
Cowboy's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at  Cross   Trails   Church in Fairlie ,  Texas :

(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.
(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin'.
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.

Y'all git all that?
Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder
and Your hand over my mouth.

[jeffreythree]

I love telling people my dad's side of the family are rice farmers in China  :D .

[Ron Wenrich]

Cool.   Don has his own town.   8)

[Burlkraft]

The best one I seen was Frostproof, Fla. It's there close to DanG and when I was there it was in the 30's and they did have frost later  :  :

[Ron Wenrich]

What do you want?  They showed you proof of frost.   :D 

[Warbird]

The remarkable thing is that we have maybe 1/100th the number of cities & towns y'all have and you can still fit Texas into Alaska more than twice!  ;D

Warbird - born in Texas, livin' in Alaska.  Yes, I'm a blessed man.

[Qweaver]

After 30 years in Texas City, Texas,  these past two winters in Weston, WV was all the cold that I wanted for a while.   

[Texas Ranger]

 
> > Balance 
> > 
> > God was  missing for six days.
> >
> > Eventually, Michael, the archangel,found him,  resting on the seventh day..
> >
> > He inquired, "Where have you  been?"
> >
> > God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the  clouds,
> > 
> >
> > "Look,  Michael. Look what I've made."
> >
> > Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and  said, "What is it?"
> >
> > "It's a planet," replied God, and I've put life on  it.. I'm going to call it Earth and it's > going to be a place to test  Balance."
> >
> > "Balance?" inquired Michael,
> > 
> > "I'm still  confused."
> >
> > God explained, pointing to different parts of earth. 
> > 
> > "For  example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth,
> > 
> > while  southern Europe is going to be poor. 
> > 
> > Over here  I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of  black people.
> > 
> > Balance in  all things."
> >
> > God continued pointing to different countries.. 
> > 
> > "This one  will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in  ice."
> >
> > The Archangel , impressed by God's work, then pointed to a  land area and said, "What's that one?"
> >
> > "That's the State of Texas , the  most glorious place on earth.
> > 
> > There are  beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, and plains.  The people from the State of Texas are going to be handsome, modest,  intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the  world.
> >
> > They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving,  carriers of peace, and producers of good things."
> >
> > Michael gasped in  wonder and admiration, but then asked,
> > 
> > "But what  about balance, God? You said there would be balance.."
> >
> > God smiled,  "There's Washington DC .
> > 
> > Wait till  you see the idiots I put there.

I almost switched Washington for Alaska, but I like them folks up there. ;D

[Texas Ranger]

 



There ya go.

[fishpharmer]

Now how bout that.  Your own PO.  

Thats cool.   8) 8)

Have you ever been to the San Marcos Fish Hatchery?  The do some high tech bass spawning there.

[Warbird]

I almost switched Washington for Alaska, but I like them folks up there. ;D

I'm glad you didn't!    I am happy to live in AK and also to have been born in TX. 

[SwampDonkey]

Those old Scots ended up down there to, there is a Crawford, Texas and hometown of your George W. ;) Crawford being my last name. ;D

http://www.americantowns.com/tx/crawford/photos

[Texas Ranger]

Have you ever been to the San Marcos Fish Hatchery?  The do some high tech bass spawning there.

Yep, in my younger days I wondered around with my state id to a lot of places just to see what was going on.